Contributions from David Hayles | Little White Lies

Contributor David Hayles

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In Praise Of

The ’70s haunted house movie that’s spookily similar to The Shining

by David Hayles

Burnt Offer­ings bears a strik­ing resem­blance to Stan­ley Kubrick’s hor­ror classic.
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In Praise Of

Is Barry Lyndon the greatest film Stanley Kubrick ever made?

by David Hayles

Forty years after it left crit­ics cold this majes­tic tra­gi-com­e­dy stands as a tes­ta­ment to a true mas­ter of his craft.
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In Praise Of

The film noir villain who became a role model for real-life gangsters

by David Hayles

In 1947’s Kiss of Death, Richard Wid­mark plays a mur­der­ous Jok­er-styled sociopath.
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Eight films to watch before you see The Neon Demon

by David Hayles

From grind­house clas­sics to show­biz satires, seek out these inspi­ra­tions for Nico­las Wind­ing Refn’s wicked latest.
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In Praise Of

The scandalous folly of Michael Winner’s The Wicked Lady

by David Hayles

There’s much more to the cult director’s rus­tic soft­core romp than meets the eye…
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Eight of the most outrageous buddy cop movies

by David Hayles

Ryan Gosling and Rus­sell Crowe’s antics in The Nice Guys got us think­ing of oth­er mem­o­rable mismatches.
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A brief guide to punks on film

by David Hayles

From Repo Man to the Class of 1984, here are sev­en mem­o­rable exam­ples of anar­chy on the big screen.
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Films featuring supreme beings – the good, the bad and the ungodly

by David Hayles

With The Brand New Tes­ta­ment out this week, here are six oth­er mem­o­rable depic­tions of the Almighty.
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Six great films featuring kids with extraordinary powers

by David Hayles

Before you see Mid­night Spe­cial check out these oth­er mem­o­rable films about child prodigies.
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Which witch flick is which?

by David Hayles

Get ready for Robert Eggers’ art-house hor­ror The Witch with our essen­tial guide to on-screen sorcery.
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Five sensational old-school westerns that reinvented the genre

by David Hayles

Bone Tom­a­hawk isn’t the first film to push the Amer­i­can fron­tier in a sur­pris­ing new direction.
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In Praise Of

How one man transformed Boston into a city of sin and squalor

by David Hayles

George V Hig­gins birthed a new breed of Amer­i­can crime dra­ma begin­ning with 1973’s The Friends of Eddie Coyle.